Etymology of the French word identité
the French word
identitéderived from the Latin word
identitas (identity?; IDENTITAT)
derived from the Latin word
idemderived from the New Latin word
idderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*i-Date
The earliest known usage of identité in French dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
identiteit, English
identity, German
Identität, Norwegian
identitet, Swedish
identitet